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GST rate cut: Your passenger vehicles got cheaper by 2-9%, says report. Check what changes, and where do EVs stand?

New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- Research firm Kotak Institutional Equities has in a sector report noted that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council's decision on rate rationalisation for automobiles and compo... Read More


GST rate cut on insurance: Should you wait till September 22 to buy new policy? Experts weigh in

New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- The Centre has removed GST on all individual life insurance policies, whether term life, ULIP or endowment policies and subsequent reinsurance; and on family floater policies and... Read More


Trump says 'we've lost India, Russia to darkest China'; shares photo of Modi, Putin, Xi at SCO Summit

New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- United States President Donald Trump has claimed that the US has "lost" India and Russia to "deepest, darkest China", and shared a photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian ... Read More


Piyush Goyal confident of US-India 'friendship' amid 50% tariffs, says 'Relationship one of the most consequential'

New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- Piyush Goyal, the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, today expressed confidence that the friendship between the United States and India, can overcome current trade and tari... Read More


GST reforms: Rate cuts could boost GDP by 0.16% and lower CPI inflation, says Standard Chartered

GST reforms, Sept. 4 -- Cuts could boost GDP between 0.1-0.16 percentage points (ppt) and lower inflation by 40-60 basis points (bps) on an annual basis, according to Standard Chartered Global Researc... Read More


Eid-e-Milad 2025: Bank holiday revised to THIS date, says RBI. Check full list and what is closed

New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has today notified of a change in the listed public bank holidays in Maharashtra for Eid-e-Milad from September 5 to September 8, 2025. In an off... Read More


GST reforms: What are Sin Goods and why are they attracting highest slab? All you need to know

New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on September 3 approved the Centre's proposed tax reforms simplifying the current four slab system into a two-tier one (5 per cent and 18... Read More


Anand Mahindra's 'Monday Motivation' is THIS 82-year-old weightlifting grandma - Here's how netizens reacted

New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- Billionaire industrialist Anand Mahindra has shared his "Monday Motivation" online, praising an 82-year-old woman for "defying every cliche about age" and setting an example that... Read More


GST collection up 6.5% YoY, recorded at Rs.1.86 lakh crore in August 2025 - all you need to know

New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- Goods and services tax (GST) collections for August 2025 has been recorded at Rs.1.86 lakh crore, up 6.5 per cent year-on-year from Rs.1.74 lakh crore in August 2024, according t... Read More


UPI soars! Sees record 20 billion transactions in August worth Rs.25 lakh crore - check details here

New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) which operates the online payments tool Unified Payments Interface (UPI), has stated that it registered a record 20 billion tran... Read More